Grammar Punk Blog

Spelling 103

Watch what you’re doing. Or writing. Many spelling mishaps happen because we’re not paying attention. This is what editing is for. Watch for careless errors; misuse of homonyms, commonly confused words, missing apostrophes. Taking a bit of extra care when beginning writing and going back over finished work with careful proofreading can eliminate many simple—and not so simple—errors.

Looking at what you’ve written word by word can also help catch errors. Often words just don’t “look” right. The 

Don’t be complacent. Give your finished work the care in the formation of the words you’ve given to the concepts or ideas you’re writing about. Practice makes perfect. The more you write, the more you proofread, finding spelling errors will become easier and you will become a better writer.